Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-18
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SENIOR CAFULLA. . Nadrlu sen ldr " 10 hao
been Tor many years at wora on rhymed
version II ;he Bible, mas just conple ed ms
/ tax. The WUrE contains 90 900 yer es. ~
ABBY dressed in expensive and elegant
othing va, found the other day in snow
bank besiie the Chicdgo and North wessetn
+ railway rack neir Milwaukee,. 1t had cyl
/ deatly been thrown from the window AZ =
passing tram. o4
A GRAND RAT HUNT terminated seturd8y
IN the vicinity OF Mt. Vernon, .. 1t Lasted
/ Sky DAYS. The result announced waA&a
. foloAs: Cap. Lev lue's slde. 5spsg-rv
! talis and LOO mice taii-; p. N: 'oE1nH' I
-lre. . S66 rat tall d - mice tails. Totai
( S,743 rats Ut ? 4S9 nice slaught, red, or q
grand total Of IL, ~.
"THREE HUNDRED lawyers in Buffalo" said
one OF them; "hpw do you 81 pose they all
maze living? And" confined the spe 1ker,
! '"ut Of the whole Tot here are PROBABLY no
! more tnan twenty really gifted lawyers
| well, | heard the Ot1er d o. one VINO
/ charged $50 for rec0vering 81 zoo. | guess
/ he's The MAJ YOU are looking for
! FIFTY YEARS AGO Engineer John X. Furge-
>on, OF the In ten States navy, saved the
/ fire. ght and go eminent sores IN the wrecked
| Mississippi steamer Pilot, Now, in his ole
| ag he ak Tie goFernm NJ 10 pay ID -. 90
! f,r TINS aud o her services, and senator
/ BlfcKbur" and other influential kentu;kitn-
/ ndnree his cam. Engineer Furge on is an
| inmate OF the Veterans Home AT LoulaVllie,
! Ky.
A REMARKABLE specimen was presented
! some years ago /, the curator of the BRUSH
! Museum to the Biological Society OF London.
! IL was the boiy Of n chicken " h use beak and
| feet closely re,emnlcd those OF parrot.
| several sucn in -tauces occurred IN the same
poultry yard, anu we're at rtbutcd by tue
! 'wner "a the fact that one OF the hens had
| he fright ned va parrt. Many insla lance
Of deformltv are On recrnl br lhe h"man
! specie. which are p"Putsrts attributed 10
mate nal impressions reesiFs4 during the
! fOrma period. 80 10 6s.
IT Is said that at FrIedrnhernh. Prince Bis
marck's Laueuburg estate, EJresser he IN, RS
DORIS lodge Is re ported to be haUate,,. spirit
| rappiugs not only being heard ALI over the
| house, But ll4mlug swords and otherunearth-
! y NIs ons lie ne ~ go, switch alrFo} ant peo-
I y pronounce To Ue the iniall die, ladicdI ons
! + an lmpendinE war. Crowds OF peasa Is
| iairty beieaguer the pace at night, and refuse
| TO di-perse, The country tayerns in tie
eisbborhoo1 have been nightly crowded, and
are 30 NJ lar-e a1d cOn-t Dtiy increasing
! nusin s.. ! he on hauCtl ors ar val r. Ia
! Berlin, 1t Is hoped, viii put an end t. this
! nonsense,
! EDMUND YATES states that Mr. Rockefeller,
| of New York. recently cabled TO Paris an offer
| Of 100000 for a small picture by Millet,knOHn
| as TIE ''Angelu- E" which was rignally sold
| ., $500. This after sum Is Just one slXtie,
| o. the amount Of dujt Mt. kockdlelier woo Id
! have had to pay for get ug the plctur-
| thrOugn our custom house If hi, offer mad
/ re il accepted. The French ow' er, who is
| rcu arm coutrtC or and can afford to Keep
! .. declined o sell, however Have we no
! lat G slue chit thrown here the profitable
| character ol verumeht Contracts IN France
'ud the bad ate II French flames? And
/ perhap here IS hut In II also OF The profit
able character of / c bus ness which Will
euaUie sucn an efer to be made.
AN musing incident in weighing occurred
r, Gently at a Shop in Bristol IN trylog to OBJ
ain the avOlrdUpois Of pair of oxen. The
i st weight was 3 $50, bur IN mixing the sea es
not balanced the oxen were driven of AnU thc
beam ascsrtained 10 be baianc Il. The n Nt
Time the beam tipped at 80 0. a second
-hdklnE up OF he machine al d the air haG
| iatl,d up 10 80, md while the bystanders
Nee specnlai On the re nit one OK stepped
MS mad foot OF the attorm. tut the beam
| for o. TO STR, Then To make a sure datum
man was weighed on tue Fairbanks small
| scaies Ia The shop, bringing down 1873. and
s'epp NJ on the hay scales he suddenly lie
| away to nlnety--evrn pounds. The repuLa
! ilou of the scales went up in roar of
! Laughter.
! LoGAE's dislike for Garfield was mainly
| due to he fact tina the latter broke dow and
cred Ike s. hoo boy before the Credit
Mohi ler Investigating Commit, ee. Gen. Lo-
gan, it WlIl be remembered, was one of the
( pat &c men SUNNI, ned before that comm ttee
| cor having had zeal ngs with Oakes Amrs
IN. Logan WAS one of he few " no 6, me out
| of hal invest q ton with honor and eimuIy
! because lie told he pialn, b unit truth about
! us relations with Ames. lie had bought Ii
small Il Ock OF stock o! Oakes Ames. This he
| admitted, but Il being ah,e TO pay Tor IL Just
J al the time, he gave 1t bAcL. OaEes 4 es
| wanted To I'd it Tor HIM. bat dnding that
| there would be some e4isation nefore Con-
! grees bearing on the property. he refused
1h.o'u ely 10 have anything more 10 do
! with it.
| On Christmas eve the John L. Sullivan
, combination were performing in Leadvine,
when the genial and popu ar manager, P L
sheedy, suggested to the champ n OF eli
| champions at &c would be Just he thing f,r
! the Ire party To 20 to mlIuIgh' mas ~ -
| Ivan hailed The sugg, stIOn with de light. say
! ing as he dld 20: - don't think / could DO
| any hing that would please my no her bet
| ter. =" So a ter the perfol nance Nj. Su liz
van, MIR. she dy ana Ulfe, Dan Murphy
| treasurer o. the blnHtiOn, james Mexico l..
| and George La Blanche. lie ''Marne,' a.
| tended the mIdnl. hi rer9i Is in Faith Rob
| iusOn's Church, Leadvll e. 1t IS mar Nv rec
| cssary to STATE that Mr.. sullivan, NJ. ShePdy
anu arty showed their generosity when the
rnnfr,Oulion box was passed around among
! them.
FEW DAYS AGO Sjgnor BargnouI and
>ignor Piggoll-the one a doctor. the other a
! w>er by prufession-found Lnemsel, G irav-
cling together IN tho same compartment of
! the Turin Bologna EXPRESS. A conversation
! -praue NJ bet een them, when SOON rsgeu-
| erateu luloa Dolitl al dIscu sion. and from
! hard woris he parties came to blows. / he
| exchange OF blows WdS followed by an eX
| chance card. and the tram reaching x =
! logna a few minutes later. he pair procee ded
/ straightway o Lhs IA racks. Iut TIER case
| in4o tue hands 81 twn officer, who rea al,
| con enIed to act as SECONDS, ami The III lie
| purity, eweiled by The add tiou OF an army
! surgeon. adjourned to the riding ,cho !, wHe e
| he duel came Of. III Uhs1 Muir from the on -
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